jamie’s a highschool teacher she wakes up every morning at the crack of dawn and puts the coffee on gives her lectures, grades those papers the work ain’t done when the last one’s gone she don’t do it for the paycheck anything at all would pay the bills even on days her life’s a train wreck but she still loves those kids

[chorus] thank god for the everyday heroes for all you’ve done and for all you do thank god for the everyday heroes it’s a better world because of you

joe’s a highway worker i saw him today when i drove by and the sun was hot 100 degrees on that blacktop sweatin’ he’s out there working just getting by he breaks his back to keep his family fed it’s all that matters much to him tomorrow morning he’ll roll out of bed do it all again

[chorus] thank god for the everyday heroes for all you’ve done and for all you do thank god for the everyday heroes it’s a better world because of you

there ain’t no hall of fame probably never know your name they’re everywhere around us they’re stories all the same

so here’s to the cop that works the midnight beat here’s to the maid who cleans the hotel sheets here’s to the farmer harvestin’ the fields here’s to the trucking haulin’ 18 wheels here’s to the workers on the *ssembly line the secretary, the firemen, and the men down in the mines here’s to everyone who does their part i want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart

[chorus] thank god for the everyday heroes for all you’ve done and for all you do thank god for the everyday heroes it’s a better world because of you

[chorus] thank god for the everyday heroes for all you’ve done and for all you do thank god for the everyday heroes it’s a better world because of you